Sucre Canton

Sucre Canton
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Location of Manabí Province in Ecuador.
Sucre Canton in Manabí Province
Coordinates: 0°36′0″S 80°25′0″W / 0.60000°S 80.41667°W / -0.60000; -80.41667
Country	Ecuador
Province	Manabí Province
Area
• Total	693.5 km2 (267.8 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• Total	62,841
• Density	91/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)

Sucre Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the city of Bahía de Caráquez. Its population at the 2001 census was 52,158.^[2] The canton owes its name to Marshal Antonio José de Sucre.

Sucre has an area of 764 km² and its limits are:

• To the North with the Canton of San Vicente.
• To the south with the cantons of Portoviejo and Rocafuerte.
• To the east with the cantons Tosagua and Rocafuerte.
• To the west with the Pacific Ocean.
• The parish of San Isidro is separated from the rest of the canton by the canton of San Vicente.

Sucre is divided into four parishes:

• Urban Parishes
  • Bay of Caráquez
  • Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez
• Rural Parishes
  • Charapotó
  • San Isidro

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:^[3]

• Mestizo 78.8%
• Montubio 9.2%
• Afro-Ecuadorian 7.0%
• White 4.5%
• Indigenous 0.1%
• Other 0.4%

• Antonio José de Sucre
• Sucre, Manabí

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